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W. T. WYLIE.

v SHAVING BRUSH. v No. 64,732. Patented May 14, 1867.

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TO ALL WH-OM 'IT MAY GONCER-N: f

Beit known that I, W. T. WYLIE, of New Castle, Lawrence county,Pennsylvania, have invented an mprovement in Brushes for 'Shnvingandother purposes; und I do hereby d'eclurethe following tube a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference bcinghad to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. 'nl My invention consists of certain devices, fully described hereufter,combined with a brush with which is connected a reservoir containing thematerial to ,be distributed by thc brush, the said devices facilitatingthe transfer of the material from thereservoir to the brush.

In order toenable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvcntion,I will now proceed t-o describe its construction and operation. Onreference to the accompanying drawing, which forms u part oi thisspecilication- :Figure l is an external view ot`- :r shaving-brush withmy improvement.

Figures 2 and 3, sectional vie\vssho\ving the parts in di'erentpositions; and

Figure 4 a section ou the line 1 2, fig. v i

The body A of' the br'ush is hollow, and in thc lower end of the lsumeis secured, inV any suitable manner, the usual mass of bristles or'hnirsB. Near the upper end ofthe mass of bristles B are inserted a numbc'r'ofsmall tubes a a, which communicate withthe interior ot` the hollow bodyA, for a purpose described hereafter. Into the upper end of' the body Ascrews 4the lower open endof a cylindrical metal casing C, and to theupper' end of the lutterl is fitted a screw-csp, D. To'the casing C isfitted a piston, E, on the rod b of. which is cut a threadcorrespondingv to that in a nut, F, the latter being so ,secured-to thecup that it can turn freely on without being detached from the same. Atthe uppersidc of the nut Fis u projection, e, o'n to which screws a.cap, G, of the form shown in the drawing, and at the lower cn'dot' thebody A of the brush are threads adapted to those at the end ot'.'i..ylind1'icall cap, H, which, when secured to the brush, encloses the'bristles B.

'lo prepare thebrush for use the easing' is rst'dctached from the bodyA, and the nutF is turned so as to draw the'piston to the upper end ofthe casing. The casing C and the .interior-of -the `body A are thenfilled with soap or shaving-cream, the casing is secured to the body nsbefore, and the cap G is detached, when the brush i lis ready for use.When the brush is to be used the nut F is turned so as to move-thopiston E downwards 'fand 1hus force a quantity of .the shaving-creamthrough the tubes acmong the bristles. The latter arotheu ag "tid in asmall quantity of water, in such a manner as to dissolvctlie soapin thewater, und thus produce thelather desired, an additional supply of soapbeing obtained, when required, by moving the piston still furtherdownward.

I am aware that W. S. Jewett 'obtained a patent on the 10th of April,1849, fora shaving-brush, 4*in which a. piston was so operated as todischarge soap from o; hollowlm-nd-le through tubes into a. brush. Inkthis'brush,V

however, the piston travels on c revolving screw projecting into thesoap reservoir. 'lle threads of -`the lScrew are therefore apt to becomeclogged with soap, while the lutter is discoiored bythe actionof thehard metal of which lthe screw is made. A feather is also required toprevenr' the piste/u from turning with the screw, S0 that' there isconsidcrablefriction and wear upon the parts. By' securing the pistontoI u screw travelling in n nut revolving in the upper end of the case,as described, the screw is preserved from contactwith the contents ofthc euse, while the screw is protected from injury/when the.piston isdrawn outward, by the cop G.V

Ircluim ns my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Partout- Thearrangement of the case C, piston E, screw l, nut E, and cup G, as andfor the purpose described. v In testilnnny whereof I hure signed my numeto this specification in the presence et' two subscribing Witnesses.

` W. '.r. WYLIE.v Witnessest JOHN Wnrrri, CHARM-:s E.'Fos'rHR.

